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The Black Tulip (1937 film)

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The Black Tulip
Directed byAlex Bryce
Based onThe Black Tulip
by Alexandre Dumas
Produced byJohn Findlay
StarringPatrick Waddington
Ann Soreen
Campbell Gullan
CinematographyStanley Grant
Music byColin Wark
Production
company
Distributed by20th Century Fox
Release date
  • 4 February 1937 (1937-02-04)
Running time
57 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

The Black Tulip is a 1937 British, black-and-white historical drama film directed by Alex Bryce and starring Patrick Waddington, Ann Soreen, Campbell Gullan and Bernard Lee.[1] The film is based on the novel The Black Tulip by Alexandre Dumas. It was produced by Fox-British Pictures at Wembley Studios as a quota quickie.

Premise

In the Dutch Republic in 1672, a wealthy man Cornelius Van Baerle devotes his life to growing tulips unaware of his family's close involvement with political intrigue.

Cast

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